POWER YOUR SUMMER: OVO re-launches two free hours of electricity to help out during a season of sport and music

London, Monday 18 May 2026 – Back by popular demand, OVO today announces the return of its two free hours of electricity offering, exclusively for OVO Beyond customers. From today until Sunday 2 August, customers can claim two hours of free electricity every single week, ensuring they don’t miss a beat of the summer’s biggest cultural moments.

Building on the success of its debut last year – where OVO gave out 1.5 million hours of free electricity – the relaunch aims to help OVO Beyond customers make the most of their summer and enjoy unmissable cultural moments with their loved ones at no cost. Whether it’s powering the big screen for football watch parties, streaming headline festival sets, or keeping the garden lights and speakers going during a late-night BBQ, OVO Beyond members can now enjoy the summer’s unmissable highlights free of charge.

This comes as Beyond – OVO’s loyalty programme – recently marked its 2 year anniversary. Since its launch, the programme has helped members bank a total of 132,000 free solar panels, 33 million EV miles, 16 years worth of heating with a heat pump, and 1.5 million hours of free electricity.

By opting in weekly via the OVO app, members can claim their two hours of electricity by choosing from a selection of available time slots, allowing them to choose the window that best suits their household. Whether customers use their two-hour window to host family and friends, keep the fans blowing during a heatwave, or clean the house in their weekly “Sunday reset”, the offer provides a welcome breather on energy bills this summer.

George Penman, Director of Propositions at OVO, said:

“Beyond was built with a simple goal: to reward our customers for being part of the energy transition. This year, we are doubling down on that commitment and are delighted to reintroduce two free hours of electricity ahead of an incredible summer of sport and music. No matter what customers use their free electricity for, we’re making it easier and more rewarding for customers to enjoy the things they love, at a time when energy costs remain a priority for households.”

OVO Beyond is available to OVO customers with a smart meter who pay via Direct Debit. For OVO customers looking to join Beyond, find out more on our dedicated Beyond page.

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Important information

These terms and conditions (the “Terms”) apply to you if you have joined and been accepted to participate in the 2 hours of free electricity offer (the “Offer”). These Terms are separate to OVO’s Core Terms which cover the supply of energy to you and are supplemental to the OVO Beyond Terms which also apply to this Offer.

The promoter of this Offer is OVO Energy Limited, incorporated in England and Wales under company number 06890795 and whose registered office is at OVO Energy, Floor 5, Crescent, Temple Back, Redcliffe, United Kingdom, BS1 6EZ(“OVO”, “we”).

1. About this offer

By joining the Offer, eligible customers can choose 2 hours of free home electricity (unit rate only) each week, up to a maximum of 8 hours each month, subject to the exclusions noted in these Terms.

You can join up to the Offer and select your weekly hours within the OVO Energy app from 18 May 2026, the first week of free electricity will be 25 May 2026. The Offer will close to new joiners on 12 July 2026 and the free electricity slots will end 2 August 2026 @23:59pm.

2. Exclusions and Consumption Limit

App only Offer – This is an App only Offer. Meaning you can choose your 2 hours of home electricity in a weekly selection window that will be available through the OVO energy app only.

Consumption Limit – We will set a consumption limit of 1kWh per hour, meaning you will receive free electricity for up to 1 kWh of electricity use during the free period window. Any electricity you use above 1kWh in the free period will be charged at your normal unit rate.

Excluded consumption – Free electricity applies for home appliance energy use only. Energy consumed by a home EV charger, in-home battery or heat pump will be charged at your standard unit rates.

Unit rate only – The free electricity applies to your electricity unit rate only. You will still pay the full daily standing charge applicable to your tariff.

3. Eligibility

3.1 To be eligible for 2 hours of free home electricity, you’ll need to:

• be an OVO Energy Customer on any electricity only or dual fuel fixed tariff or on our standard variable tariff (not available to gas only customers or pre-payment customers);
• have downloaded the OVO Energy App;
• have signed up to OVO Beyond;
• have a working smart meter that sends us meter readings;
• pay by monthly Direct Debit (in accordance with the Direct Debit rules in our Core Terms:
• opted into half-hourly meter reads for billing (you can do this when you join);
• opted into half-hourly meter reads for settlement (you can do this when you join);
• use this offer for domestic use only;
• comply at all times with these Terms and our Core Terms.

3.2 If you do not meet/continue to meet the eligibility criteria in paragraph 3.1 above, you will no longer be eligible for the Offer.

3.3 The Offer may only be used once per household.

4. Free home electricity slot selection

4.1 In order to get your 2 hours of free electricity, you must log in to the OVO app each week, within the weekly selection window.

4.2 The weekly selection window will be available Sunday – Sunday, you will get a choice of timeslots to select for the week ahead. These time slots may change each week.

4.3 You cannot bank or roll over your free electricity hours, you must use the free electricity hours within the week selected.

4.4 If you fail to select your chosen hours for the coming week within the selection window you will be unable to use the hours in the coming week.

4.5 You will not be able to change your time slot once it has been selected.

5. Fair usage policy

5.1 Once you have selected your free electricity window, electricity usage within those times will be free, capped at 1kWh per hour. Any energy consumed above the capped amount will be chargeable at your usual rate. We use your smart meter readings to calculate your electricity usage during the relevant window.

5.2 If for any reason we are unable to retrieve your smart meter data to calculate your consumption, for example, if your meter stops sending us readings, you will not be eligible for the Offer and you will not receive a credit to your account.

6. Bill credit process

6.1 Electricity used in the free electricity hours selected will be calculated and paid back as a bill credit. Your bill credit will normally appear on your electricity account in the following month, for example June will be paid in July, although it could occasionally take longer to credit your account.

6.2 This will appear as a separate line item on your energy bill, as a reduction to your price payable for energy.

6.3 If you leave OVO or OVO Beyond part way through a month, your credit will not be pro-rated/paid.

6.4 Credits cannot be transferred as a cash refund or to another account holder.

7. Switching away or moving home

7.1 If you want to switch to a different supplier you will no longer be eligible for the 2 hours of free electricity and you will no longer be eligible to claim the Offer. See our Core Terms for your rights to cancel your energy supply contract. Please note that exit fees may be payable depending on your plan.

8. Changes to the offer or these terms

8.1 We reserve the right to amend these Terms on reasonable notice. If we reasonably think the change will put you at a disadvantage, we’ll let you know what the changes are. If you take part in the Offer after the changes take effect to these Terms, any such new or amended terms will apply. Updated terms can be found in the OVO App.

8.2 We reserve the right to withdraw or amend the Offer at any time.

9. Ending these terms

9.1 By participating in this Offer you agree to comply with these Terms.

9.2 We will monitor compliance with these Terms. In the event of fraud, abuse, misuse, or not keeping to these terms, we can cancel, withdraw or reclaim any payments made to you under the Offer and, end or suspend the Offer or stop you from participating in it.

9.3 If we deem in our discretion that a participant is ineligible for any reason, we reserve the right to cancel or recover any discount already awarded.

9.4 If you no longer wish to participate in the Offer you can just choose not to opt in to select your free electricity.

10. General

10.1 In the event that for reasons beyond our reasonable control we are unable to award the discount, or we deem it appropriate to do so (in its reasonable discretion), we reserve the right to award an alternative of a similar nature and an equivalent value, or at our sole discretion, the cash value of the Offer.

10.2 These Terms are subject to English Law and you submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England unless you’re a resident of Scotland, in which case you may also bring proceedings in Scotland.

About OVO

In 2009, OVO was born to make energy better for people and the planet. Today, OVO is trusted by around four million customers with their home energy.

OVO is putting its efforts into what will make the biggest difference for customers, concentrating on what has always been its core offering: making energy simpler, greener and cheaper. It will achieve this via simplifying its portfolio, with customers and their home energy at its core. This progress can only happen with a mission OVO remains committed to: to power human progress with clean affordable energy for all, with the aim to decarbonise our customers’ supply by 2035.

OVO’s multiple awards include the Best Place to Work for Women in The Sunday Times’ Best Places to Work 2023, which also saw the company coming in the Top 10 for Very Big Organisation.

OVO also won Company of the Decade at the BusinessGreen Leaders’ Awards 2020.

Key facts

• Rewarding customers

• • Beyond: Nearly 770,000 customers have signed up to OVO Beyond
    • Over 33 million EV miles banked with 3 million redeemed
    • 132,000 solar panels banked
    • Over 16 years worth of free heating banked
  • Charge Anytime over: £29 million saved to date by customers.
  • Solar and heat pumps: Thousands of heat pumps and solar systems installed in UK homes.
  • World leading trials: 320+ OVO customer trialists on the world’s first and largest domestic vehicle-to-grid trial, run by us. 
  • Rewarding trials: Over £3.5 million in credit through Power Move, for using energy at greener times.